Beach Volleyball - Berlin, Germany, August 10, 2013 – Vitor Felipe and Evandro Goncalves beat Russia’s Konstantin Semenov and Viacheslav Krasilnikov in the Berlin smart Grand Slam men’s gold medal match on Saturday to complete a run that had started in the qualifying round six days earlier.
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Beach Volleyball - Berlin, Germany, August 10, 2013 – Exactly 12 months ago Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann woke up in their beds at the London 2012 Olympic Village with something extra to put in their baggage for their journey home – Olympic gold medals.
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Beach Volleyball - Berlin, Germany, August 9, 2013 – Three teams will make their FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Grand Slam semifinal debuts, when the men’s tournament at the Berlin smart Grand Slam draws to a close on Saturday.
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Beach Volleyball - Berlin, Germany, August 9, 2013 – It has been a long week for Andrea Tomatis and Alex Ranghieri, but the pair are now one match away from the Berlin smart Grand Slam gold medal match after reaching the semifinals on Friday.
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Beach Volleyball - Berlin, Germany, August 9, 2013 – Karla Borger and Julia Sude were one of four German teams to reach the Berlin smart Grand Slam second elimination round after they won twice on Friday.
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Beach Volleyball - Berlin, Germany, August 8, 2013 – The women’s main draw got underway at the Berlin smart Grand Slam on Thursday with 32 teams slugging it out for control of the eight pools.
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Beach Volleyball - Berlin, Germany, August 8, 2013 – A year to the day that they won silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Jennifer Kessy and April Ross made a winning start to the Berlin smart Grand Slam on Thursday.
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Brazil’s men and women top podium once again in Berlin

Enjoying a solid return in 2012 after a four-year absence, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour once again returned to Berlin, Germany for the Berlin smart Grand Slam. The event, the seventh Grand Slam event of 2013, was held from August 6 to 11. It was the 14th time the FIVB World Tour held the men’s tournament in Berlin and the eighth time the city hosted the women’s competition since 2000.

At the end of the six day competition Brazil’s men’s and women’s teams once again topped the podium with Vitor Felipe and Evandro Goncalves taking gold in the men’s competition and Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima in the women’s.